Can Small Businesses Afford to Ditch Holiday Policies Like Virgin?
10 Oct 2014
Compared to most other industrialized countries, the U.S. has the smallest amount of vacation time available to employees. What's the right thing to do?
I am back, successfully ditched the phone, and here is what I have to report….
27 Apr 2011
Hello StartupNation! I am back from vacation – I actually got back on Sunday, but I needed to re-acquaint myself with my smart phone before I reported back to you...Read More
Should you still send emails consistently over the summer?
08 Jul 2008
I hope everyone had a great and relaxing Fourth of July weekend, and that you are gearing your business up for the second half of summer. Over the course of...Read More
Entrepreneurs: Git It While the Gittin’s Good
10 Aug 2007
I was just instant-messaging with a small business owner friend of mine who is clearly in need of a Friday afternoon happy hour break from his hectic and wonderfully-full-of-great-business-from-lots-of-clients week....Read More
Vacation may lead to a new small business opportunity
10 Jul 2006
I almost didn’t come back from my vacation in North Carolina. Not only was the weather perfect, the ocean water warm and the rental house amazing, I saw business opportunities...Read More
Need a Vacation? Tell Us Why and You Could Win One
29 Jun 2006
Yep – it’s true. All you gotta do is convince us. Do you consider yourself to be persuasive? Someone who is able to make your point succinctly and in such...Read More
Entrepreneurs need to turn it off to turn it on
30 May 2006
Entrepreneurs often don’t but they especially should. And when they do, they don’t really, at least not completely. (I’m reminding myself of Yogi Berra’s famous quotes – my favorite: "If...Read More
Cool Company of the Day: VocationVacations.com
17 May 2006
Alright, those of you who want to start up a business but have no experience doing the actual kind of work that that business entails… this one’s for you: Vocation...Read More
V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N
21 Jun 2005
Does the mere idea of taking vacation freak you out? I am a one-woman show in my business. With the exception of some computer and clerical stuff, I do everything...Read More
